DNS.pm

# NAME

probes::DNS - Name Service Probe for SmokePing

# SYNOPSIS

     *** Probes ***
     + DNS
     binary = /usr/bin/dig

     *** Targets ***
     probe = DNS
     forks = 10

     + First
     menu = First
     title = First Target
     # ....

     ++ PROBE_CONF
     lookup=www.mozilla.org

# DESCRIPTION

Integrates dig as a probe into smokeping. The variable binary must point to your copy of the dig program. If it is not installed on your system yet, you should install bind-utils >= 9.0.0.

The Probe asks the given host n-times for it's name. Where n is the amount given in the Database section of the config File.

Supported probe-specific variables:

binary
  The location of your dig binary.

forks
  The number of concurrent processes to be run. See probes::basefork(3pm) for details.

Supported target-level probe variables:

lookup
  Name of the host to look up in the dns.

# AUTHOR

Igor Petrovski <pigor@myrealbox.com> Carl Elkins <carl@celkins.org.uk> Andre Stolze <stolze@uni-muenster.de> Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi> Chris Poetzel<lt>cpoetzel@anl.gov